[PLUG] Mint 14 Xfce issues

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On May 28, 2013 7:30 PM, "John Jason Jordan" <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> My desktop computer has only three functions: Stream internet radio,
> play videos, and serve as a backup method to get on the net when I
> hopelessly mess up my laptop. It ran Lucid until a few months ago when
> I made a fresh installation of Xubuntu 12.04. Unfortunately, there is a
> problem with Xubuntu 12.04 and the graphics (Geforce 6150 on the
> motherboard) causing intermittent lockups in X. A week ago I decided to
> try Mint 14 Xfce, which I ran for many days just from the live CD. No
> problems with lockups, so yesterday I installed it, wiping out Xubuntu.
>
> But now I find numerous problems with it. For starters, in the terminal
> the "jjj at Devil10" is in Mint green. I can't stand that color, and
> besides it's really hard to read. I can't find any setting to change it,
> although I can change the color of the background and the rest of the
> text. I installed Gnome-terminal, but it also comes up with the same
> color. Must be a Mint thing. Is there a way to excise Mint green, or
> did I make a bad distro choice?
>
> Also, I can ask questions on the Xfce forums, but to do so I should say
> what version of Xfce I have. How can I find out what version of Xfce I
> have?

Have you found the gaping security issues yet?